Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-18
mER EurEru~mAnLu ANSWER.
senator E;;acisburn ou John 4. E=ech-
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the following regarding the address @.
Senator Blackburn delivered GA the oc-
casion Of the unyciling OF Valentine IS
statue of Brcckinr'ige:
The address of 1.r. Blackburn was an
eloquent sketch OF the life and puolic
career Of Mr.. BE%kiuulGc. Referring
ID toe resolution eXpsi'jng Bre'klHndGo
from the United States Senate, from
which he hal previously resigned, Mr..
Blackburn Sid i'll his address In all
the history of this Government the legs
|otiyc authority never, save IL tins one
instance, usuped and exercised the
oaious power carried in bill Of attain
der The oruptioDs OF that war
period had flung into the Federal
senate a member who. moved by
the same greed Of notoriety that possess
"a the aspiring youth who fired the
EDhes:an dome, offered q resolution.
which the Senate in It's mad frenzy
adopted. declaring that BreckinndGe the
traitor he expelled from TINT chamber.
No trial was had, no confession received,
no testimony taken. Here today III the
presence Of the world, in the sight OF
Almighty God, Kentucky tileS her inn
perlsbable answer 20 that libel. StItrs
do not build monuments to traitors.
Breckenridge had already, by his own
Get, ceased 20 b. 2 senator The decree
passed in open defiance Of the CCn,titu-
lion was but brUtaW .f8'W"a, serving
only to evidence the mallgniJy OF It,
authors"
Mr.. Bhckburn's address concluded rs
follows " Tried everywhere the stormy
House of Representatives, as presiding
officer OF the most august dclIberative
body upon the earth; in debate, 0samem-
Der of the Senate /; in the field, rs COM
mander Of division or corps, or as the
chief war officer Of the Government struS-
cling for its existence, anywhere, every
wherc-he loomed uP above those b.
whom lie was surrounded as one
who was born to rule. No success
elated him, no disaster di,heart,Nad. a
country united NOT only in name, hut III
purpose. IN hope, and in destiny. viii
cherish The memory Of all It's worthy
sons and teach pOsteri,v 70 hold ii o. d
precious legacy. 'Gis truethlt no PROUD
/ pantheon stood with eager, opening
/ oates to receive hjs hoporc3 9shcs. bat
they rest in the soil that nourishcd his
birth, whilst his fame repo-cS ia an ever
enduring p9ntheon-the hearts NJ ms
people. Here, within 'Ie l'mts o.
your beautiful city, riss toward Heaven
the monument Of Clay and Tie
statue of Breckenridge. Well may yon
| guard these treasures. Around them
cluster Il half century Of glory. West
minister Abbey holds 10 more precious
dust. Earth never gave sepnlchre tc
grauder men. Recalling the past, and
measuring her responsibilities to the Ia.
ture. in the presence OF her sons and bcl
daughters, in the sight OF the Omnipo
tent COD. Kentucky dedicates thjsmonn
mcnt to her broad-iraiued, great hcarteo
lido! son. Orator. statesman, soldier
patriot, to thy in mortal ramc and TO thy
deathless fame Kentucky consecrtcs
this statue, and tenders It 70 PoSteuty rs
proof Of the love she bore thee. ~
The World and several other paper
publish cuts Of the statue, and TIE
lI'or{Fs special says:
The pose Of tne bronze lgaro is natu
raj and graceful. The lett loot Is sllphNl
advanced. and the weight OF the bod,
rests upon the night leg aud LEFT hand
which latter Is resting on a column. ThC
right arm is extended, with hand Ope,
and palm upward. The strikingly hand
some and intellectual features and noble
head are admirably represented, and The
whole figure is animated aud full of life
4 novel incident OF the morning wa
the uncorbipgb by Judge Grips Wicklfii
of bottle OF thity-nine-year.olC
whiskey. In 1855 a friend gave to A. J
Shiddell, of ibis city, bottle o
premium whiskey at the st. Louis fair
J IL WAS then seven years old. Mr.. Shid
o. dell declared that he would not mcor!
the bottle until Breckenridge was Presi
. dent, aud he kept it until today, whcr
( he considered the occasion to he
proper one for uncorbiDS the bottle. ]
} ia hardly necessary to say that the con
G tents were highly r,lished by the favored
e few who slipped the time-melioweC
liquor